Motion picture projector



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' MOTION PICTURE PROJECTOR Original Filed June 5, 1937, 3-Sheets-Sheet 1 lOO INVENTORS arra w G/fIlEA/S GEORGE kid/0t EMERETT M. M75

0. W. GITHENS EI'AL MOTION PICTURE PROJECTOR May 20, 1941.

Original Filed June 3, 1937 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR 07'7'0 GITHE/VS w GEORGE kE'A/Dt' EVERETT M- TTORNEY y 1941- o. w. GITHENS ErAL 2,242,464

MOTION PICTURE PROJECTOR Original Filed June 3, 1937 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTORS arm IA. Gin/5M5 GIORG' KENDE' EVEKETT M, PMIER Patented May 20, 1941 MOTION ric'roan PaoJsc'ron ow. w. Githens and George Kende, New York,

and Everett M. Porter, Brooklyn,

N. Y., assignors to Universal Camera Corporation, .New York, N. Y.,' a corporation of Delaware Original application In Divided and ne 3, 1937, Serial No. this application December 21, 1939, Serial No. 310,344

Claims;

This invention relates generally to motion picture projectors, and has for one of its objects the provision of a motion picture projector having highly improved constructional features relating to the supporting and housing of the light source.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements,

and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the claims.

Certain features shown and described but not I claimed in this application are shown, described but showing the opposite side thereof and having portions broken away to disclose the construction thereof Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken substantially on the line H of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3; s

Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially on the line 8-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 'i is a detail view of the prefocus flange of the lamp shown in the drawings; and

Fig, 8 is a cross-sectional view taken substantially on the line'I-I of m. 2.

As shown in Figs. 1 to 5, the projector it comprises a base I. which is adapted to house an electric motor M of usual construction, the switches S and S, and ventilating fan V, which are shown and described in greater detail in our said copending application, Serial No. 146,182.

AttachedtothetopwaHIId0ithebaseIlisa' main supporting frame Ii substantially rectangular in shape and having integrally cast extensions or reel arms. and II, clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The reel arms I2 and II are provided with integrally cast bearing brackets I4 and II (see Fig. 5) into which there is journaled the shafts I5 and II, which are designed to receive thereon for rotation therewith suitable take-oi! and take-up reels II and II. The reel arms I! and II may be provided with reinforcing ribs Ila and IId, if desired. The frame II is provided with an integrally cast portion Ila which extends from the bottom edge of the said frame II at right angles thereto and is adapted to overlie the top wall Ilia of the base II, Integral with the frame II and with the portion Ila is a vertical wall Ilb disposed at right angles to the portion Ila and also to the body of the frame I l. The wall Ilb is so constructed and arranged as to serve as one side wall of the lamp house 40, in a manner which will be described in greater detail hereinafter. The portion Ila of the frame 3i may be fixed to the base I0 by any suitable attaching means, suchas for example a plurality of screws 4|, passing through the frame portion Ila and received in the threaded holes Ila. in the top wall Illa of the base (see Fig. 4), so that the frame II is held rigidly in upright position.

The frame II is so designed and constructed that, in addition to supporting the reels I8 and 39, it is adapted to be used as a support for the intermittent film movement mechanism, the film sprocket wheels I and H, the lens holder support 51, the film passageway 46, and a chain of gearing for actuating the film movement, shutter and sprocket wheels in synchronism, all of which are fully described in our said copending application, Serial No. 146,182.

In accordance with our invention, there is disclosed a light source mounting comprising a bracket adapted to have mounted thereon a light source which'is preferably a lamp 5| of the prefocus type, as shown. To insure the proper positioning and alignment of the light source 5i with respect to the optical system and the refiector to be hereinafter more fully described.v

the lamp bracket 50 is rigidly fixed to a plurality of lugs 52, which may be cast integrally with the wall Ilb (see Figs, 2 and 3). The lamp bracket II is provided withholes designed to be in registered relationship with the lugs 52. The said lugs 52 may be provided with threaded o ngs into which there is received the screws II to solidly and accurately hold the lamp bracket in aligned relationship with respect to an aperture III in the wall Ilb. The bracket 5. comprises a wall 54 substantially parallel to the wall Ilb.

and a pair of parallel walls 55 extending outwardly from the wall 5!, the said parallel walls 55 being of substantially triangular shape, as

e 63 is held in spaced relationship with shown in Fig. 3. A portion 54a of the wall 54 is bent over at right angles thereto to form a flat table support for the mounting of the prefocus lamp Integral with the portion 540, is a portion 54b extending upwardly at right angles thereto, and parallel to the wall 54, which portion is adapted to serve as a mounting or holder for the reflector 56. The side walls 55 of the lamp bracket 56 may be weldedly fixed to an inturned flange of the portion 54b and the reflecis designed to be in proper optical alignment with the film apertures in the film passageway 46. To insure constant and proper alignment of the lens with the reflector 56 and film apertures above mentioned, there is provided a lens holder support 51 which is permanently attached to the frame 3|. Into this lens holder support '5'! there is slidably mounted a lens holder 58 which carries a lens of usual construction. The longitudinal axis of the lens holder 51- is designed to be in axial alignment with the film passageway apertures and the light aperture I09 in the wall 3|b.

In accordance with our invention, the entire optical system beginning with filament of the light source 5| and including the reflector 56 and the light aperture I 69, as well as the film passageway apertures, are always in proper alignment, so that once the projector is assembled, there is no further need for adjustments in alignment and the optical system will be prevented from becoming disaligned through vibration or jarring or for any other reason.

The light source 5| is removably mounted on the lamp bracket 56 in the following manner: The lamp 5| is provided with a prefocus sleeve 60 (see Figs. 5, 6 and 7) which is permanently attached to the base of the lamp 5| after it has been properly focused, and is so arranged that the distance from the prefocus sleeve 60 to the filament center of the lamp will be substantially identical with the distance from the horizontal shelf 54a to the center of the reflector 56 when the lamp 5| is properly mounted. To mount the lamp 5| on the wall 54a there is provided a plurality of notches 6| in the memoirs sleeve 66 (see Fig. 7), said notches 6| having enlarged end portions 6|a and 6 b, and are adapted to have received therein the pin projections 62 mounted in the wall 54a (see Fig. 8). with reduced diameter shanks 62b projecting downwardly below the wall 54a a predetermined The pins 62 are provided against the contact member 64 to force the socket 63 downwardly against the action of the springs 66. The lamp 5| is then turned slightly so that the shanks 62b of the projections 62 are received flange 68, said notch 68 being adapted to be indistance and are adapted to support a lamp socket 63 carrying an electrical contact member 64 leading to a source of electrical supply (not shown) by means of the lead line 65. The socket respect to the wall 64a by means of resilient members 66. The socket 63 is limited in its downward movement with respect to the wall 54a and held in such limited position by means of the enlarged end portions 62a of the projections 62. When it is desired to mount the lamp 5| in position on the bracket-56, the enlarged notch ends. 6|b are aligned with respect to the projecting pins 62, after which the lamp 5| is pressed downwardly so that the contact portion 5|a thereof presses .13, 14 and itially positioned substantially in alignment with the axis of the optical system and then turned in a clockwise direction to firmly fix the lamp in position in the manner hereinbefore described.

A housing of substantially rectangular cross section is provided for completely enclosing the lamp 5| together with the lamp bracket 50 and reflector 56. Said housing comprises the sides ,13, 14 and 15 of a three-sided integral metal casing, removable as a unit, the fixed wall 3| 2) of which serves as the fourth side, and a removable cover 16. The wall 3|b is provided with lugs H projecting inwardly of the housing and having screw-threaded holes 18 therein. The wall 3|b is then provided with longitudinal ridges 19 at opposite longitudinal edges thereof. The parallel sides I3 and I5 are provided with apertures adapted to register with the apertures 18 in the lugs TI, so that the three-sided metal casing may be fixed to the wall 3|b by means of screws 88. The ridges l9 serve as an aid in positioning the three-sided casing part and at the same time form a light seal to prevent loss of light at the junction of the sides 13 and 15 with the wall 3| 1). The lower edge of the three-sided casing is adapted to rest on the top wall 38a of the base 38 and is positioned by means of a ridge 8| (see Fig. 4) corresponding to the bottom edges of the sides 3, l4 and I5. Said ridge 6| also serves to prevent loss of light from within the housing at the junction of the top wall 30a of the base 30 and the three-sided casing. An opening 300 is provided in the top wall 30a of the base 36, communicating with the interior of the lamp housing.

The removable cover 16 is designed to completely enclose the top of the lamp housing and comprises a top wall and a continuous side wall thereof adapted to telescopically fit over the top edges of the sides 13, 14 and 15 and the wall 3|b. The top wall of the cover 16 is provided with louvres 83, said louvres 83 being so designed as to provide ventilation for the lamp housing with a. minimum loss of light. The cover is also provided with a three-sided downwardly extending jacket 84, which may be weldedly attached to the under surface of the top wall of the cover 16. The jacket 84 is designed to fit. inside of the lamp housing and to be spaced from the sides 13, 14 and 15 of the three-sided casing. By the above described construction, it is seen that the jacket 84 completely surrounds the lamp 5| and reflector 56 on three sides, thereby creating a double wall with an air space between said walls of the jacket 84 and of the sides 13, 14 and 15. This construction tends to keepexcessiv heat away from the sides of the lamp house and also provides a more efiicient updraft passage to the."

louvres 83 because of the difference in the temperatures of the said double walls.

15 are also provided with louvres 85 adjacent the top and louvres 86 adjacent the bottomthereof. The sides The sides 13, 14 and 15 may: also be provided with reinforcing vertically dis- -poaed ridges n, as shown in Fig. 1 of the draw- A portion of the free longitudinal edge of the casing side I: may be notched, as shown in Fig. 2,

to provide clearance for the operation of the rotating shutter I".

It is noted that the construction, as above described is so designed that the top of the lamp BI is approximately flush with the tw of the three sides 13,-" and lb of the lamp Inming, so that when the cover It is removed, easy access may therefore be had for the removal of the lamp ii for any desired purpose, such as When the motor M is set in operation, the fan- V will draw air from the surrounding atmosiiiere outside of the base through the ventilating apertures 0!, said air being then forced upwardly through the lamp housing and out through the louvres II to ventilate said lamp house. The front portion B of the base may also be provided with a plurality of ventilating apertures 82.

Apertures It may be provided in the wall Hal adapted to furnish an unobstructed upward draft through the housing and on the lamp ii. Thebottomwalllldofthebasellmaybeprovided with a plurality of perforations It.

To hide from view the rotating shutter I,

which partially extends beyond the lamp housing and at the same time to prevent said rotating shutter from drawing dust particles into the lamp house, there is provided a shutter housing III which is designed to completely enclose the projecting portion of the shutter I" and which comprises a pair of substantially semi-circular walls III and in parallel to each other. A portion of the wall ll! is adapted 'to abut the side II to close oi! the lamp house. It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the'several objects of this in vention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use..

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments abovesetforth,itistobeunderstoodthatall matters herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention. I claim as new and desire to secure .by Letters Patent:

1. In a motion picture projector of the character described, the combination of a lamp house, a lamp in said lamp house. said lamphaving a prei'ocus flange provided with slotted apertures, each of said slotted apertures comprisinga pairof unequallysizedenlargedportions interconnected by a narrow neck portion, a bracket within said lamp house, means for rigidly attaching said bracket to a wall of said lamp house. a lamp socket supported by said bracket, and means for removahly mounting said lamp in said socket, said last named means comprising a plurality .of pins projecting upwardiy fromsaid bracket, said pins being provided with enlarged heads of a size smaller than one of the said enlarged portions and of larger size than the other of said enlarged portions, whereby the said heads will pass freely through the larger of the enlarged portions and upon axial rotation of said lamp flange will be disposed in the smaller of said enlarged portions to retain the lamp in the socket.

2. In a motion picture projector of the character described, the combination of a lamp house having a light aperture in one wall thereof, a support for said lamp house, a lamp having an electrical contact, portion at the base thereof a and a prefocus flange spaced from said base, a lamp socket having electrical contact means adapted to engage said lamp base contact portion, and means for removably supporting said lamp in said socket so that the filament center of the lamp will be in constant optical alignment with said light aperture, said last named means comprising a bracket' having a top wall,

said socket being shift'able toward and awayfrom said bracket, means for flxedly attaching -"said bracket to said lamp house, an aperture in said top wall adapted to receive said lamp base freely therein, said bracket wall aperture being smaller in diameter than said lamp flange to limit the insertion of said lamp therethrough, a plurality of pins carried by said bracket and said socket, said pins having enlarged portions projecting upwardly from said bracket and adapted to be disposed over said flange, and cooperating means on said pins and said socket to urge said pins downwardly with the mlarged portions pressing against said flange when said lamp is inserted in said socket.

3. In a motion picture projector of the character described, the combination of a lamp house having a light aperture in one wall thereof, a support for said lamp house, a lamp having an electrical contact portion at the base thereof and a prefocus flange spaced from said base, a lamp socket having electrical contact means adapted to engage said lamp base contact portion, and means for removably supporting said lamp in said socket so that the fllament center of the lamp will be in constant optical alignment with said light aperture, said last named means comprising a bracket having a top wall, means for flxedly attaching said bracket to said lamp house, an aperture in said top wall adapted to receive said lamp base freely therein, said bracket wall aperture being smaller in diameter socket being resiliently shiftable toward and away from said bracket, a plurality of pins carried by said bracket and said socket, said pins having enlarged portions projecting upwardly from said bracket and adapted to be disposed over said flange, and cooperating means on said pins and said socket to urge said pins down wardly with the enlarged portions thereof resiliently pressing must said flange when said lamp is inserted in said socket.

4. In a motion picture projector of the character described, the combination of a lamp house having a light aperture in one wall thereof, a support for said lamp house, a lamp having an electrical contact portion at the base thereof and a prefocus flange spaced from said base, a lamp socket having electrical contact means adapted to engage said lamp base contact portion, and means Ior'removably supporting said lamp in said socket so that the filament center of the lamp will he in constant optical alignment with said light aperture, said last named means comprising a bracket having a top wall, means for fixedly attaching said bracket to said lamp house, an aperture in said top wall adapted to receive said lamp base freely therein, said bracket wall aperture being smaller in diameter than said lamp flange to limit the insertion of said lamp therethrough, said socket being disposed underneath said. bracket wall and in alignment with bracket wall aperture, and means foi meantim saicl socket on said bracket, said last names? means comprising spring members interconnecting said soehet with said bracket wall, a plm'elity of pins carried by saiol bracket said socket, said pins having enlarged poi"- tions pirojeet' i adapted to disposed over said flange, eo operating means on said pins and saiol socket to g upwardly ii-om said bracket and 9 portions thereof resiliently pressing against said flange when said lamp is inserted in said socket.

5. In a motion picture proieotor of the character described, the combination of a lamp house, said lamp house being open at the top and bottom thereof and comprising interconnested vertically disposed walls, a hollow support for said lamp house, said support having an opening in one wall thereof oommmlicating with the interior of said; lame house through the bot tom opening thereof, a removable cover for the top opening of'saicl lamp house, said cover being provided with ventilating: apertures, a motor in said hollow support and a fan in said hollow support adapted to be driven by said motor, and

ventilating apertures said support wherebythe operation of said motor will force air through the duct comprising said lamp house and. hollow sup-port.

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